Silk biomaterials are known for biomedical and tissue engineering applications including
drug delivery and implantable devices owing to their biocompatible and a wide range of …

Implantable drug delivery systems (IDDS) are an attractive alternative to conventional drug
administration routes. Oral and injectable drug administration are the most common routes …

Abstract The two-dimensional (2D) derivative of graphite termed graphene has widespread
applications in various frontiers areas of nanoscience and nanotechnologies. Graphene in …

Multimodal therapy requires effective drug carriers that can deliver multiple drugs to specific
locations in a controlled manner. Here, the study presents a novel nanoplatform constructed …

In spite of remarkable improvements in cancer treatments and survivorship, cancer still
remains as one of the major causes of death worldwide. Although current standards of care …

A strategy to prepare doxorubicin-loaded magnetic silk fibroin nanoparticles is presented.
The nanoparticles serve as a nanometer-scale drug-delivery system in the chemotherapy of …

Silk is useful as a drug carrier due to its biocompatibility, tunable degradation, and
outstanding capacity in maintaining the function of drugs. Injectable silk hydrogels could …

Since the majority of anticancer pharmacological agents affect not only cancer tissue but
also normal cells, chemotherapy is usually accompanied with severe side effects. Regional …

Silk has traditionally been used as a suture material because of its excellent mechanical
properties and biocompatibility. These properties have led to the development of different …

Effective drug delivery is essential for the success of a medical treatment. Polymeric drug
delivery systems (DDSs) are preferred over systemic administration of drugs due to their …